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Don't Let Death Take Your Holiday Raleigh ? "Don't let death take jour holiday I" This pr^Christmas warning by the Department of Motor Vehi cles is the kick-off slogan of the December traffic safety program that alms at a happier holiday ?aeon tor everyone ? with fewer traffic accidents and deaths. "Deaths from motor vehicle accidents both on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are usually two or three times the annual dally average," L. C. Rosser, Mo tor Vehicles Commissioner, said today. "During the December holiday season," he pointed out, "traffic deaths usually reach the highest point of the year. The national traffic toll for December of last year was 3,190. In North Carolina alone, 84 persons lost their lives in traffic during December of last year. Commissioner Rosser said that some of the factors which com bine to produce this high death 1. Reduced visibility because of earlier night fall and more hours of darkness. 2. Ineadquate traction because of bad weater, ice and snow. 3. More drinking during the Christmas holidays. Rosser said that while no spec ial statistics are .available on alcohol in relation to Christmas holiday accidents, the 1947 state reports are significant. They showed that almost 19 per cent of the drivers involved in fatal accidents had been drinking, and so had 24 per cent of the adult pedestrians killed in motor vehi cle accidents. Pointing to the severe weather conditions often encountered dur ing the holiday season, Commis sioner Rosser urged motorists to check their windshield wipers, defrosters, and lights to be sure they are in good working order. He also recommended using tire chains when the streets are snowy and icy. The special emphasis program on holiday traffic accidents dur ing December is a part of the continuing safety educational pro gram coordinated by the Depart ment of Motor Vehicles, and sponsored nationally by the Na tional Safety Council. LOBBYING Approving the suggestion of a thorough probe into lobbying in Congress, President Truman has asked Attorney -General Tom Clark to see whether present laws dealing with lobbyists need strengthening. HILLSIDE DAIRY Pasteurized Grade A Milk, Lactic Buttermilk, Creamery Butter, Whip ping ..Cream ..and ... Ice Cream. Phone 194-M Boone, N. C. R. A. RUFTY, Manager A New Singer Sewing Machine makes a wonderful and ussful gift for many years. If you are interested tend card with ad dress to Singer Sewing Ma chine Co., 318 E. Main Street. Johnson City, Tenn.. and our representative will call at your home. Singsr Sewing Machine Co.. 318 E. Main St.. Johnson City, Tenn. D. A. Benfield, Mgr. BOONE DRUG CO. Your Prescription Store Prompt Service Three Registered Pharmacists: G. K. Moose, W. R. Richardson, O. K. Richardson Store Hours 8:30 A. M. to 9:30 P. M. Sundays 2:00 P. M. to 6 P. M If needed after store hours, call 114-M or 101. THE REXALL STORE WHITE LILY FLOUR j?? Mail Carriers Walk Many Weary Miles LOADED ... A familiar sight om Htm streets this time af year. Be wtalna be tM Santa's reindeer to help with the load. mail carrier, who probably trudges' more weary miles during Christ mas week than does old St Nick himself. His mailsack will be even heavier this year than in 1M7. Last Decem ber, the nation's postal service de livered 5,000, QpO.OOO pieces of mail. They expect to break that record this Christmas. You can help spare your mail carrier's bunions ? and incidentally speed delivery of your own Yule tide letters, Christmas cards, and packages ? by heeding the Post Of fice Department's suggestions: 1. Shop now ? get your Christmas mail and packages off as early as possible. 2. Wrap your gifts carefully. Ad dress them plainly ? Aunt Susie may be able to decipher your handwrit ing, but not all postmen carry mag nifying glasses and crystal balls. Register valuable letters. Insure valuable packages. 3. Be sure to put the full address on each piece of mail. Include city tone numbers. 4. Send your Christmas cards by first-class mail. Put a three-cent stamp on every Christmas card and seal the envelopes. They are more personal that way, and if your friend has moved, the card will be forwarded. Third-class mail doesn't have that privilege. 3. Remember that Air Mall for leiters and Christmas cards is only a nickel, and it will get them to dis tant points more quickly ? especial ly if you slip up on Suggestion No. 1. The bell, the world's oldest and simplest musical instrument, is the world's most universal Yuletide symbol. Each nation has its individ ual symbols of Christmas, but the bell will be found somewhere in the traditions of every one. Bell authorities claim that Pope Sabinianus gave us the first church bells in 004. The custom has grown until tf.ere is no i-sr. * -hurch bells so widely known as u.e ringing of the chimes to herald the advent of the birth of Christ. In recent years the ancient bell has "grown up" into the carillon, a highly sensitive instrument on which Christmas carols seem to find their most perfect expression. Yuletimc Thought s\ Heywood Broun once said, "Christ mas is not a date. It is a state of mind." No man lives today who does not seek, in some way. to follow a guid ing star. It was Christ who. by his volun tary acceptance of the role of serv ant. has been elevated to the royal purple and seated at God's right hand. At few. if any, times since Christ was bom have all the people of the earth needed faith, trust, and peace as much as they do now. When we celebrate the birthday of Christ we ought not to think of Him only a child. Those who think Christmas is only a festival about a child, for children, veer away from facing Him as an adult. CHRISTMAS PCTZ' The Christmas "putz" is a deco ative feature in many Bethlehem. Pa., homes during the Yuletide ?cason. It is a representation of the birth of the Christ Child in the stable at Bethlehem in Judea. The residents of Bethlehem. Pa . follow this custom, which was brought U> this country by early Mo ravian settlers, and spend month* arranging the exhibit. The word "putz" la short for the German "putzen" meaning to ar range or decorate. wucom GUTS for a?y CHILD ?^r-T^r .? ? '? i? ? % ??? ? GIVE SISTER THESE TUBULAR SKATES WITH WHITE ELK UPPERS A Rv a L U E ' 9.95 7.95 TS* VELOCIPEDE ? Speedy! Sturdy tabular steel frame. Big 10-lnch front wheel. Adjustabla neat and handle bars. 7.95 Th* skates teenagers prefer. Handsomely styled In smooth, JUNIOR whit* full grain elk leather. Shoe SIZE nppers are plaid lined and have u..rnii built - in steel ankle sup CO ASTER WAGON ^ Sharp .Uel blades. Tun for the youngsters! Its speedy. Han shock^ BAVC proof steering. Shiny red MEN 5 & BOTi toUh- HARD TOE Sit OUR COMPllTl lINt l of WHEEL GOODS! |1 T>e<vi Santa: Pu*4? rn* ** Stcc&Uc HOCKEY SKATES 11.95 Waken to Music! *p&Mt&CCiX LIONEL "SCOUT" S UNIT FREIGHT TRAIN Set Includes big steam-type loco motive with tender, gondola car, oil car and caboose. Track layout com plete with 10 sections of tTack. track coupling control, lock-on and power ful transformer. THRILL JUNIOR with this* 15.95 Th? Sunrise Famous Firesto*# CLOCK RADIO ELECTRIC COFFEEMAKER A, It's a clock? _ _ " WITH mp-T.M.HO 1TOV.I '%W% a radlol QC , Q QC Tou'U Iot* It! T?J tedt?*rf ?? 7.73 |V ALL EYES ARE ON j The DOLLE-BATH 3.98 Made Just like a r?a! baby's! Has canvas bathing sect 'on with a pal! over *1 est that forms rt tab'" top fi" pi. A Gift for the Family! TABLE TENNIS SET R?g. 6.95 "dV 4.75 42.95 GIVE BROTHER this Lota of fan . . . good exercise, toot Regulation aiie set consist* of four rubb?r-fae*d saddles. net, II balls and rul* book. Old Tlmm Favorita A Welcome Oi ft! FICTION BOOKS ?>r*$tone bicycle '59c mm. HanJsom* TabU Model Here's a real beauty! It's streamlined ? has a kickstand These are the oooks the RADIO-PHONOGRAPH Chain guard and big balloon tires. 0(t|y $69.95 Just On* ?# Many Beautiful Bicycles . . . Boys and Girls v,ct0T* and other |ay.^WOy p\,? Christmas Sale SERVING TRAYS SEAT COVERS WASH PANS o GALLON OIL CANS IRON BOARDS ELECTRIC WATER HEATERS , $1.98 each $5.95 up V 39c each $1.98 $5.95 $69.50 XMAS TREE LIGHTS $1.69 ALUMINUM SAUCE PANS 79c up FOOT BALLS $1.8* BASKET BALLS $3.69 ALL TOYS ON SALE GIFT for MOTHER! Tire stone TANK-TYPE VACUUM CLEANER M mm p Here'i a complete home cleaning wj - ? service . . . attachments for draperies, furniture, even bare floors. Also a moth proofing or paint spraying attachment. Lifetime brush adjusts automatically to different rug heights. It's the new, the modern, the better way to home cleaning. HOLDS YOUR FIRESTONE RADIO Ull A ?"T Vc^uxcf 79.75 GIVE "The Wellington " TABLE MODEL RADIO PHONOGRAPH Compact. Smart styling. Fine radio ? automatic record changer. See Our Complete Radio line Styled For '49 WAAGINE THE THRILt OF having your OWN jukebox JUKE BOX PHONOGRAPH Every boy and girl can now have their own Juke Box! Will play up to 12-lnch records and has volume control. Colored lights flash on and off during operation. Approxi mately 20 inches high, 16 inches wide, 14 Inches deep. JUST ARRIVED IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS THE FAMOUS SERVICE STATION Toy cars can be serviced for gas from "lighted" gasoline pumps. There's a lub rication rack and the salesroom offers real rubber tires for sale. The elevator runs and the auto laundry holds water for car washing. Many other features! 6.95 Cosco Electric HEATING PAD Here's real coat C Ar fort! Has 3 heats ?? *J Twenty Books of thingt to do Nlte-llte iwltck BOX OF FUN BOOKS 1.00 Twenty books of things to de. Paint books, connect the-dots books, etc. C. & E. Home and Auto Supply Co. BOONE, N. C. f w Associate Dealers CANNON SERVICE STATION HAMPTON BROTHERS KELSEY & TRIPLETT
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